Improvement in auger-handles



Y To `all whom it may concern.- t

.Be it known `that I, DAVID, GEORGE, of Minne# ltvtttl gratta demiy eine DAVID Wen-ORGE, .0F MINNESOTA- CITY, (TOWN 'or .lm LLING4 D STONE) MINNIESOT Letters Patent No.`95,220, dated SeptemberQS, 1869 vmutedatedt,S611tomberA18, 1869.

Sota City, vin the town ofItolling Stone, in the county of Winona, and State of Minnesota,have invented a new .and improved Anger-Handle; and I do hereby declare that thev following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof; which" will enable .others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this speciticatiomin wbchf Figure 1 is a longitudinalsection of my improved augerfhandle.

Figure2 is a detail View of the locking slots, partly in section, through the line xix, fig. 3. v 'l Figure is a detail cross-section of the same, taken `through the linel y y, iig. 1.

Similar letters'ot reference indicate corresponding parts.

`My invention has `for its object to furnish a'simple,

i convenient, andreliable 'auger-handle, whichshall be so constructed and arranged that theaugermay be quickly-detached from the handle,

t It'eonsists in the construction 4and combination of the various parts ot' Athe liandle,'by means of which the auger is .secured to said handle, as hereinafter j more fully described.

. A is the wooden part of the. handle, which is made in two parts 'or pieces, as shown in iig. 1;

The inner ends o'f thelparts of the handle A, are

1 inserted and secured in the ends of the tube or wide baud-B. f t l C isa cylindrical block, placed in the .middle part of the bandor t-ubeland which is made with a square hole or socket, iuto'which ts the upper endv lof the shank of the anger D. .E is a tube or wide baud,.itting upon the tube or i band B, to which the wooden handle A is secured.

' The tube or band E is made' with a/'square holeiu one side, to receive the square upper end ofthe auger-' shank D.

The cylindrical'bloclr C, and outer tube or band are'connected 'to each other by'a pin or screw, F, iu such positions that the square holes in the 'said block and tube maybe in a line' with each other, and so that t they may move together or remain stationary, while the otherparts'of the handle are movedor revolved,.,

th'e said'pm passing lthrough the slot in the tube B, bywhich the movement is limited.

In 4the side of the tube B is formed a square hole, to receive the shank of the auger D, which said hole is extended into a narrow slot upon one side, as shown in dotted lines iu fig. 2.

'Upon the opposite or diagonal corners ofthe augershank D are formed transverse grooves, as shown in figs. 1, 2, and 3', in such positions that when the said shank D is insertedA inl its place, the said grooves, as the handle A and -band or tube B are turned, may

receive the edges of the slotted band or tube B, se-V curely locking the` said shank D in place in the handle.

Having thus described my invention,

What I `claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

vAn improved auger-handle, formed by the combi?.

nation of the -handle A, made in two parts, tube or band B, cylindrical block C, and band or tube E, with' each other, said parts being constructed and operating substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth. t t

Theabove specification of my invention signed by me,`ths 4th day of November, 1868. V

DAVID W. GEORGE. V

Witnesses:

`EDGAR CHAPMAN,

EGBERT CHAPMAN. 

